Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35261, Samson Doe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Doe, Samson or Sampson
S 35261
CONTENTS

Notification sent to R C Vose Esqr 23 Oct 1820 Augusta Maine
6067.
Maine
Sampson Doe, private
Massachusetts line War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 3 rd of April 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of January 1819. and del d .
Robert C. Vose, Augusta Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 5 mo 2/30 — 40. 53 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48. 00
$ 88. 53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Clinton.
Continued

Sampson Doe, Clinton p 2 Col. Bradford's Mass. Reg. 1777. to 1780
✓ April 3. 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Samson Doe, aged sixty five years, a Citizen of the United States, born in Dover, New Hampshire, but now resident of Clinton in the District of Maine, upon Oath declare and say that I enlisted into the Continental Army, during the revolutionary War, in the fall of the year 1775, in the company commanded by Capt. Gutteridge and Detachment under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold. I marched through by the way of Kennebec river, as far as Chandecore Pond, and then returned with Col. Enos. - I again enlisted in January 1776, as a Sergeant for the period of during the War, into the company commanded by Captain Lemont, and regiment commanded by Col. Gamaliel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, in the Continental Service. - I served in said Regiment untill May 1780, or 1781, (it was the year Major Andre was executed) - I was discharged by reason of, the favorable representation of my case, made by Brigadier Major Haskell, to General Paterson, who gave me my honorable discharge from the army - my discharge I kept a number of years, then gave it to Captain Grant, for the purpose of obtaining for me the bounty allowed by this state, to the class of War soldiers. I have never seen my discharge since - I was in the battles at the taking of Burgoyne, and at the Battle on the Skaneateles, or at Flaggs point, in Hudson River, and several other skirmishes, I wintered one winter at Valley Forge. - I was discharged at West Point. I am indigent, and in need of the bounty of the Government, And I hereby relinquish all and every pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list, whatever - I request that I may be placed on the pension list of the District of Maine.
Samson Doe
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the third day of April A D 1818. Samson Doe above named after having been lawfully warned, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him submitted. Before me
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

169 Samson Doe
(6067)
Clinton Maine
con.
Jan 19
March 1815
R. Wore Augusta

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Ninety one dollars and  cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and   cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

State of Maine.
169
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty seventh day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jr Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Sampson Dae aged eighty eight years, resident in Clinton in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Lemont and Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of more than four years having interested for claiming the war, that he was at both the battles of taking Burgoyne and in the battle of Monmouth .
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the third day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6067 . And I, the said Sampson Dae do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Sampson Dae
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
The right to the possession, but not the property of thirty acres of land in Clinton, with a log hut and hovel thereon, all of the value of fifty dollars.
one pair of yearling steers of the value of twenty dollars.
Five sheep of the value of eight dollars
Two swine of the value of six dollars
Household stuff, besides necessary bedding of the value not exceeding five dollars.
Farming Utensils of the value of two dollars.
I have no debts due to me, and I owe as much as one hundred dollars.
The income of the above property does not exceed the interest I pay yearly.
my occupation is that of a farmer; but from age and infirmity am able to labor very little. my family at home consists of four persons, namely, myself, my wife Sally aged fifty eight years, who is unable to perform hard labor,

my son Timothy aged Twenty seven, who is insane unable to take care of himself and requires constant attendance, by night and by day, and my son Converse aged nineteen years.
Excepting the foregoing and my necessary clothing and bedding, I have no estate or income whatever.
Sampson Doe.
Subscribed, sworn to and declared both to the oath and schedule on the twenty seventh day of May 1820.
Before me Nathan Weston Jr. 6 of 666 Pleas.
True Copy
Attest Wm Davis Clk.

Car O. W. & N. Division.
P.P.
8,35-261
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
December 10, 1898.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of SAMPSON DORR a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. See attached supplemental statement.
Battles engaged in,
See supplemental statement.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Not stated.
Date of application for pension.
April 8, 1818.
Residence at date of application,
Clinton, Maine.
Age at date of application,
Sixty-six years.
Remarks:
Mr. A. G. Hines, 1005 E. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Supplemental statement.
Sampson Doe.
He enlisted in the fall of 1775 as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Hatteridge, in the detachment under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, and marched with those officers in the famous expedition to Canada through the uninhabited and almost unexplored wilderness. His company, with two others, was under the immediate command of Col. Roger Eno and brought up the rear of the main body of troops which had been separated into four divisions marching a day apart in time. Before reaching Canada, Col. Eno returned with his whole division to Cambridge, where his appearance excited considerable indignation in the Continental camp. He was afterwards tried by court-martial for deserting Arnold and thereby endangering the expedition, but was acquitted.
Doe stated in his pension papers that he again enlisted in January, 1776, for during the war, as a Sergeant in Capt. Lamont's company, Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Massachusetts regiment, and served therein until May, 1780, when he was discharged at West Point. A certificate on file in the case, signed by the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, states that he served three years, from

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 8, 1777, to March 8, 1780, in the fifth company of Col. Bradford's Massachusetts regiment.
He participated in the battles which resulted in the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, in the battle of Monmouth and in several skirmishes , and passed one winter at Valley Forge.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 6. th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Sampson Dow served as a Soldier in Capt.  fifth Company, and Col. Bradford's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from March 8 th 1777 to March 8 th 1780 , being three years and months.
Hlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Sampson Dole , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Clinton , in the said County of Humboldt , in the District of Maine, on the third day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a non commissioned officer , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twentieth third day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  per C. East C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, likely that of the Clerk, positioned below the attestation text.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Sampson Dorr
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Mass Line
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Asher C. Himes
1005 H. St
City C/o Jas. H. Hensley 1005 - H. street
6-870

35 261 Rev INVALID.
Dec. 19, 1895 Mil. histy to Asher E. Nines, City.
File No. 35-261 Sampson Doe Pr Rev Inc
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]